benjyhg (35)in #technology • 7 years agoYour phone is not your friend - Tech companies profit from your addictionDon’t get me wrong the smartphone is an amazing tool. I’d probably go so far as to put it right up there next to the…benjyhg resteemedcalaber24p (74)in #news • 7 years agoNorth Korea, ICBMs, ect.North Korea made a claim last week that they had now developed fully functional ICBMs (Inter-continental Ballistic…benjyhg (35)in #travel • 7 years agoHiking in the French AlpsI love being in the mountains. Nothing frees the mind quite like hiking slowly through tough physical landscapes that…benjyhg resteemedpaolobeneforti (70)in #art • 7 years agoA new artwork coming out of an old oneI did this face of books about 10 years ago, and sold it 5 years ago. A few days ago to the collector who bought it…benjyhg (35)in #books • 7 years agoWhen a bookshop is an oasis in a desert – Morocco travel diary #3For any book lover, coming across a bookshop in an unexpected place can often seem like water in a desert. Visiting…benjyhg (35)in #food • 7 years agoEating snails at Marrakesh night market -Morocco travel diary #2Jemaa El Fna, the large central market square, is the hub of Marrakesh life. As I explained in my earlier posts…benjyhg (35)in #travel • 7 years agoHostel Riad Marrakech Rouge – My favourite hostel ever!The idea of finding a home away from home when on the road is every traveller’s dream and nowhere has this been…benjyhg (35)in #travel • 7 years agoRain in the desert - My Morocco travel diary #1My number one piece of advice for travelling on a shoestring is to visit in the off season. This is much easier to…benjyhg (35)in #introduceyourself • 7 years agoIntroducing myself: Your local drunk Irish writerHi Streemit, how’s the craic? So I thought I’d do an introduction post to give you an idea of who I am and also to…benjyhg (35)in #travel • 7 years agoAn ancient Greek historian and a hangover made me go to a deserted islandWhat happens when you take travel advice from c.400 BC? What happens if you act on that advice hungover? I found out…